A/N: Welp, Plue-chan is still using her desktop and she hates it. Please pardon her use of third person speaking. She made a bet with her friend and if she wins, her friend has to ship her a whole German Chocolate cake. It only works when they are texting but now it's starting to stick to her actual speaking and obviously, her stories. If you readers haven't had German chocolate cake, stop reading, got to the store, and buy a piece of that heaven. It's so good, Plue isn't lying. Anyway, she still managed to update to today so don't go crazy. Thank you all for the support and enjoy reading.

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Fourth topic is…

Want

Lucy sat on her bed and crossed her legs with a pouted expression on her face. If her hunch was right, Natsu would be there in about five minutes and she'd have to give him a little lecture about their relationship status.

As of a couple weeks ago, she and Natsu had up-ed their relationship to boyfriend/girlfriend, or in Natsu's terms, mate.

But here's the thing, they never kissed!

How is that possible? They've been dating for about two and a half weeks and haven't shared not one damn kiss! How could he claim her as his mate and not even give her a little smooch?! For Christ's sake, she understood that he wanted to wait a little bit but her lips were getting dry! They craved to be latched onto someone else's lips! They wanted to dance!

Lucy groaned and ran her hands through her hair. What was he waiting for?! She constantly told him she loved him and vice versa. She constantly put themselves in a romantic position just so he'd get the hint and kiss her! Hell, she constantly dressed provocatively to gain stares to make him jealous just so he could give her a possessive kiss! It didn't have to be a long one, she just wanted a kiss!

Lucy groaned again and sprawled out on her bed. What was his deal? Why was he waiting so long? Was she not kissable? Did her breath stink and he smelled it, not wanting to kiss her? Oh no. If that was the case… Lucy blushed and dashed to the bathroom, grabbing her toothbrush and running it across her teeth vigorously.

She had bad breath and she didn't know it!

Once she was done, she rinsed her mouth out with mouthwash and sat on her bed again. Now that her mouth was clean, she was determined to score a kiss from him. It was going to happen this week. No interruptions, no excuses, no nothing.

"Yo!"

She jumped at the voice but quickly relaxed seeing it was her current boyfriend. He grinned at her surprise and sat down next to her on the bed. Lucy flushed pink and quickly looked at her lap, feeling suddenly nervous. Why? He wasn't doing anything and she was determined a minute ago!

"H-Hi…" Oh now she was stuttering? The blonde flushed more out of embarrassment. This went noticed by the dragon slayer and he looked at her concerned.

"Are you okay? You're red. You getting a fever?" To test his theory, he put a hand on her forehead and leaned in close. Lucy flushed more as her heart rate increased rapidly.

He. Was. So. Close. This was her chance!

Fluttering her eyes closed, she sighed lightly, letting Natsu smell her fresh breath before leaning in. Said man's eyes widened as he knew what she was trying to do. He cleared his throat and backed away, watching with sadness and a little disappointment as Lucy opened her eyes in confusion. "Looks like you're okay!" He said brightly, ignoring the pang in his heart at her hurt expression. "I'll be back. Goin' to check on Happy right quick." He gave her a quick hug before slamming her window open and jumping out.

Lucy watched him go with tears blurring her eyes. Was she just rejected again? Clenching her fists, she wiped her eyes before grabbing a pillow and screaming into it, loudly. Stupid Natsu. Stupid heart. Stupid Happy – even though he didn't do anything, she just felt the need to blame him for something.

She screamed again before pulling the pillow away with a determined face. She was going to get that kiss.

.

Lucy had her arm looped in Natsu's as they walked down the street. He told her he'd accompany her to the store the next time she went, though she told him not to worry because she knew he hated shopping – what man didn't? Being the persistent person he was, he told her to shut up and let him go. She sighed and allowed him to. So now, as she walked on the perch of the canal with Natsu's hand entwined with hers, she couldn't help but think this was a perfect time to score her kiss.

"Hey Natsu?" she started, breaking the comfortable silence casually.

"What's up Luce?" he responded just as casually. She stopped walking and turned to him, putting her hands on his shoulders. He raised an eyebrow. God was she weird.

"Why haven't we kissed yet?" she asked bluntly with a light pink lining her cheeks. Natsu on the other hand, tried to look innocent at the question when on the inside, he was quite embarrassed.

"W-Well…" Now he was stuttering for a reason he didn't understand. "I-I think t-that if we k-k-kissed," he spat the word out forcefully, "now, it'd be m-moving too fast!"

What a lame excuse, they both couldn't help but think.

Lucy sighed and gave him a hug. "Oh Natsu," she stated sympathetically. "Natsu, Natsu, Natsu. My stupid, little Natsu. You, my dear, suck at excuses."

The pink-haired mage scowled at the insult. She would be the one to say something like that. If Erza had said that, he'd tell her he wasn't stupid or little. If Gray had said that, well, the guild would be in pieces. He'd make Gray take back what he said – especially the 'my dear' because he wasn't allowed to say stuff like that to a guy, ever – and exchange fists with him. If all else failed, well, he had Erza.

She was one scary b –

"How about now?"

Natsu blinked before facing Lucy, who had a smile on her face. She had interrupted his thoughts on Erza that he knew he couldn't say aloud because he didn't want to die and leave Lucy alone yet. She was too special. "Now what?" he asked.

"How about we have our first kiss now?"

Natsu – knowing that this wasn't his character – blushed a bit and looked away with a racing heart. Damn. He tried to prolong this moment for as long as he could. He, himself, wasn't ready for this step! This k-k-kiss could lead to something more and he wasn't ready!

Wait… Since when wasn't he ready? This was a huge blow to his ego. He was scared of a kiss! The hell kind of shit was this?! He was starting to sound like Gray!

He was determined to get a kiss now!

"Alright! I'm all fired up!" he exclaimed pumping a fist in the air, just barely avoiding Lucy's face. She backed up to dodge the attack with a squeak.

Water and a shout.

^_^;

Lucy wrapped the towel closer to her body, shivering at the sudden drop in temperature. All those times, those men on the boat told her to be careful when she was standing on there. They told her she was going to fall but she always brushed it off. Lucy sighed as Natsu brought a warm cup of tea to her.

"I'm scared to drink this," she admitted, staring at the content inside the cup with slightly frightened eyes. It wasn't brown like it supposed to be. In fact, it was almost red. "What did you put in here? A-and…" She squinted her eyes and poked the drink. "What the hell is this?"

Natsu looked inside the cup before he grinned. "Well, I decided to add a couple things in there. You're a part of me and Happy so I added a lot of hot sauce and a piece of fish in there!"

Lucy suppressed a gag and forced a smile. What kind of taste buds did her idiot boyfriend have?! "Natsu, could you do me favor and grab me a night gown out of my dresser? I can't stay in these wet clothes for too long. I might catch a cold."

"Sure thing." He saluted before walking over to her bureau and rummaging through it, throwing out the clothes she didn't need at the moment. Lucy turned to her open window and threw the drink out quickly before turning back around with a smile. Natsu turned around with a grin, holding up a pink night gown for her. "Here ya go."

"Thank you," she said and put her now empty cup on the dresser.

"You finished your tea that quickly?"

She nodded with a nervous smile. "Y-Yeah… It was… Different in a… good way?" He grinned, taking that as a positive response and sat down next to her with a sudden serious expression.

"Sorry for knocking you into the canal," he apologized. She blinked before coming up with an idea.

Lucy grinned mischievously and leaned forward. "Oh it's okay," she cooed sweetly. Natsu looked at her suspiciously causing her to grin more. "You'll just have to pay me back."

"I-I have to go check on Happy!" he said nervously and started to get up but she tackled him, causing them both to hit the floor. They grunted and Lucy pinned his arms to the floor as he gulped. Why was his mate so damn scary and when the hell did she get so strong?

He looked up at her grinning face and couldn't help but shiver a little bit at her intense/determined gaze. He gulped. "L-Luce…?"

"Come on Natsu!" she half shouted a bit irritated. "Why don't you want to kiss me? Am I that detestable?"

"I-I don't know what that means –"

"Why?" she asked softly, blinking back the tears threatening to spill. "One kiss is all I ask…"

Now he felt guilty. Truth be told, he wanted to kiss her but the reason he couldn't was an embarrassment. He wanted to show her that he cared, but his inability to do so shot his pride out of the sky. What would everyone at the guild think of him? Knowing that he couldn't even give her a simple kiss? Knowing that he couldn't –

Natsu shook his head. It was too embarrassing to even think that he couldn't do something so simple.

"Natsu…" Her voice broke him out of his thoughts. "Answer me."

This was one thing he couldn't tell anyone about because he knew they wouldn't let it go. Hell, Happy knew, and he made sure the cat sworn to secrecy before he left the house. But Lucy was different. He could trust her because she was his mate. Plus, she'd probably be able to help him get over his… condition. He sighed.

"It's not that I don't want to kiss you." He spat the foreign word out. "It's just that I can't."

She blinked. "What do you mean?"

He turned his head to hide his embarrassed blush. "I-I can't. I don't know how to."

Her mouth opened into an 'o'. So that was why he never initiated to action. He couldn't because he didn't know how to kiss, and he didn't want to embarrass himself. Lucy held back a giggle. Was that what he was so worried about? God, he was something else. She knew since she first joined the guild that he wasn't the romantic type and he never paid attention to things like love. So no doubt he wouldn't know how to lay a fat one on her.

"Okay. To avoid your ego being deflated, I'll teach you." She smiled and he blinked, looking at her. "All you have to do is listen to me – now don't give me that look. You will listen," she commented after she saw him scowl. He sighed and nodded, albeit, a bit hesitantly. "Now, close your eyes and pucker your lips." Seeing his eyes still open and his lips still pursed, she removed her hands from his wrist and used one to cover his eyes and the other to squeeze his cheeks together. Better.

Slowly, she closed her eyes, not believing that she actually about to do this, and lowered her head. Once her lips touched his, it was like a spark shot through both parties. She felt him tense and ever so slowly, she moved her lips against his. He relaxed a little and started to copy her movements. Lucy removed both of her hands and moved to cup his cheeks and he relaxed his hands on the small of her back.

Though he never knew how to kiss, she had to admit that he was doing a splendid job, causing her heart to flutter and butterflies to fly around in her stomach. If she was standing, she would've been crouching because even lying down, he made her body go weak, the way his warm lips caressed hers and his warm tongue sliding lightly over her lip. She didn't know if he knew what he was doing – hell, she didn't want to think right now because her mind was so fuzzy – but she willingly obliged, opening her mouth just a bit before both of their tongues touched, shooting pleasurable sensations throughout their bodies. Oh god, she never wanted this to end. He was so experienced that it nearly put her to shame, or it was probably because he was a fast learner.

The need for air arose and both parties split apart, their eyelids fluttering open to gaze into each other's eyes. Lucy stoked her thumb across his cheek with a soft smile and he replied with a grin.

"How was it?" she asked.

She was answered with his lips sealed on hers.

"If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it."

~Mother Teresa~

Okay so after this had been typed, Plue's laptop starting working again. Is it wrong that she wanted it to have the pretty neon colors again? No? Okay well that makes her day. On a side note, Plue feels as though she hasn't been doing very well on these challenges so far. Well, she's going to step up her game and start doing better! Oh! She deleted Just Go Along With It becaue she forgot the plot. Bleh. Anyways, thank you for reading and please leave a review, letting Plue know what you think.

And also, Plue is changing the update days to Friday. Wednesday is starting to get really busy. So she won't be updating this coming Friday, but the Friday after.

Plue~chan